Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-18
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unjust treatment OF the tenants at Lugga
Curran by Lord Lansdowne.
AN INTERRUPTED SPEECH.
This was how Mr.. Mulligan began mis-
speech: Fellow citizens Groans and
cries of "God save the Queen feel it
an honor Tcries of "down with the
traitor to preside at this great meeting
misses and groans] to welcome
William O'Brien. Enthusiastic cheers,
Kisses and cries of "pay your
rent" "Rule Britannia" and "Lansdowne
forever" will say, continued the chair
man, that these miserable Wretches
Tcheers and cries of "shut up'' who come
here to CHOKE of the freedom of speech
in the name Of loyalty to the Queen are
to-day the real disloyal party. [Cheers.
1t is the weak who are loyal to the Queen.
Ifyou love loyalty to the cause of Ireland,
loud cheers. Loyalty is the principle
of constitutional right. which is free
speech. Cheers, Interruptions and
shouts, "God save Ireland" Here
now is the man in whose behalf we have
braved the tyranny and bigotry of the
Orange rabble. Here is the champion
of the rights of the Lugga Currans
Cheers and groans of united Ireland
and the member of Parliament for East
Cork. At this announcement applause
swept over the multitude, and Mr..
O'Brien stepped to the front smiling!
Then began the most terrific groaning,
Kissing, cheering and hoarse shouting
that so far mad been witnessed. Remov-
ing mis- hat with the utmost calmness,
Mr.. O'Brien surveyed the vast sea of
faces before him for moment.
O'BRIEN's SPEECH.
He then began amid, the uproar to
speak as follows: Men of Toronto,
Cries of GOOD Save the Queen" and
hisses7 that cheer of yours will ring
around the world to-day Cheers and
Kisses |, and ell the vocal talent of Lord
LansdoWne's friends cannot drown it.
We are used to this sort of thing in the
British Parliament. Cheers.
A voice: "Three cheers tor Lans-
downe." Groans, Kisses and cheers,
Another voice "Hurrah for O'Brien."
| Tremendous cheers and groaning. Here
an OraEgeman drew heavy stick and hit
g man with il, knocking him down. Then
there was rush caused by the prancing
of horses of the mounted policemen, and
the crowd scattered in all directions,
many persons rushing for the
BIG HEAPS OF BRICKS,
| which were piled up in field close by.
They came back again, whether with
| bricks or not did not Immediately
appear.
Mr.. O'Brien continued: am glad to
see that although Lord LansdOWne has
nothing to say himself, he has friends
who are able to say something, cheers.
We came to Canada to demand an answer
to-day from either Lord LansdoWne
or his friends. Here are his friends
| Tgroans and Kisses |, Two dozen of them
| cheers and cries of "brand O'Brien!"
whom good policemen could knock out
in few minutes cheers if they only
wanted to, and the only answer they can
| give for the high and mighty sentinel who
who has sent them is to cackle like geese
or bray like the jaCkass laughter in the
mighty attempt TO shout down freedom
of speech here to-day. Groans and
cheers.
Mr.. O'Brien spoke at length, amid the
widest confusion, sights being of fire.
quent occurrence. He exonerated the
orators at the meeting on Saturday, Bit
terly denounced Lord LansdoWne
and the Tory government, and
appealed to Irishmen to stand
firm for their rights aud demand that
Justice and liberty be guaranteed to their
doWn-trodden brethren in Ireland.
WHAT a HIGH CHURCHMAN THINKS.
CHICAGO, ILL, May livery Rev.
Dean Carmichael Of st. Georges church,
Montreal, who is at present visiting here,
was asked by reporter how Editor
O'Brien's mission to Canada was looked
upon IN Montreal. He said: know very
little about it, but from my observations
l should judge his mission has fallen fat.
Respectable Irish Catholics were evil
IDENTITY tar from enthusiastic over the
affair, and think am right in saying
Father O'Doude, the leading Irish
Catholic clergyman, was utterly
opposed to Mr.. O'Brien's visit
Mr.. O'Brien's meeting was held in the
old Reunion church which only holds 700
or 800, and I am told by one who was
there that the building was not full. The
reason for the lack of interest shown by
his own countrymen seems simple to me,
| but of course, I cannot speak with
authority. The Irish Canadians are q
most loyal people. No doubt they would
be glad to see Ireland obtain home rule
in the way Isaac Butt advocated it, that's
giving Ireland just the same
constitutional liberty that Can
ada enjoys. The Irish Canadians
know the advantages of their own system
and would doubtless be disciples of
Butts method for Ireland, but the
present agitation carried on in the name
of home rule certainly does not receive
the support of the best element of the
Irish Canadians. No matter how favora-
BILE the Irish Protestants in Canada might
be to this limited home-rule, they do not
wish to call themselves ome-rulers,
since the name has SO degenerated. To
be home-ruler under present conditions
means an out and out sympathizer with
the methods and agitation of the present
Irish leaders, and this they naturally re-
Epudiate.
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